showcase spain issue 605

Jun 2016

Welcome to the Showcase Spain, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photo and film production companies and production service companies, talent agents, location scouts, studio and equipment rental companies, photographers and directors, currently working out of Spain.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Madrid (Photo/Film), Barcelona (Photo/Film) and Balearic Islands (Photo/Film) directories.

APRODUCTIONS is one of Europe's leading film, photo and event service production company with head offices in Madrid and satellite offices in Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and the Canaries.

APRODUCTIONS has worked with some of the world’s most recognisable brands, companies and directors.

"We are up to the challenge of proving our abilities for your next commercial - whatever you need, we have you covered! We provide a 360° solution, the best the sun-kissed Iberian Peninsula has to offer to make your clients light up with joy!"

INEZZ Production is a boutique production company based in Barcelona that provides still and motion production services.

Since 2000, INEZZ Production is known for its versatility, offering a personalised service for high-end photographers and clientele, and loves to make new concepts come to life.

It has been a very busy year for INEZZ and once more the company’s both regular and new clients relied on the team for their international expertise and multilingual creative and technical crew. “If you're looking for a leading professional production house to manage your shoot, give us a call - we’ll be happy to discuss any project.”

Dolce Vita is a full service production company handling photo and film shoots for a worldwide clientele. Recent work include advertising jobs for:

Android with James Marcus Haney.

Bugatchi with Daniel Riera.

Initials with Morena Westerik and Petra van Bennekum.

John Brown Magazines with Chris Craymer.

LandRover with Richard Prescott.

Mylan with Anthony Musmanno.

PeruvianConnection with Blasius Erlinger.

Dolce Vita’s experienced and multilingual local teams have produced countless projects, always keeping their service quality stamp. Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico are its well-established production grounds.

"It gives us great pleasure to inform you that Seasun has evolved into New Moon Productions, a full service production company with over 15 years of film and print experience producing in Barcelona, Ibiza, Seville, Marseille, Paris and Cape Town. Under the New Moon umbrella we have a talent management agency with over 3500 actors, an in-house videography team that provides content for all media, and one of the largest location companies in Spain. All of the above helps us give a faster turnaround and be more budget efficient.

However, what matters most is that our clients feel the passion, the dedication and the high level of service with a personal touch that we pride ourselves on.

We’re happy to announce that this year we will be representing directors - an exciting new opportunity for us to offer another service to our clients."

Team Works keep working hard to service international companies shooting throughout Spain. Top locations, top crew, top equipment and the fantastic Spanish sunshine are all part of the offer.

At the beginning of the year, Team Works enjoyed the worldwide launch of the Lassa campaign shot in Barcelona with director Marco Grandía and some of the best FC Barcelona players.

Russian internet and mobile giant Megafon was seduced by Malaga's sunny Mediterranean streets and the beautiful bull ring for its latest campaign, while the roads and tunnels of Madrid were the perfect locations for a Kia car commercial involving a Russian Arm. The elegant lines of the car find the perfect balance with the geometry of the locations.

Team Works also toured Spain taking photos with the new Samsung Galaxy S7 device. Other projects for Nike, Davidoff, Huawei and Nubia will soon be released.

Mamma Team is a leading production house and service company founded in Barcelona in 2005. Focused mainly on commercials (both stills and TV), documentaries and music videos, Mamma Team provides services to worldwide production companies throughout Spain, Europe and South America.

Working from its own offices and via a strong network of collaborators that allow the company to deliver creative solutions for any kind of project, Mamma Team also has its own diverse roster of directors working for both the national and international markets.

"At Minded Factory we are passionate about creating high quality content that gets our clients results. With simple cutting-edge visual resources we help you generate the buzz your product needs to get closer to customers while creating a more agile and modern marketplace embracing the current technology.

Our passion is for great ideas, beautifully executed, that engage audiences irrespective of platform, device or venue.”

Dreamteam is a production company operating worldwide. Based in Milan and Ibiza, Dreamteam provides a full production service for advertising, fashion and commercial shoots.

Taking care of every technical aspect, the company is able to deliver a full production service from brief to stage. Through a package of multiple services Dreamteam helps clients manage and turn their ideas into reality, no matter how unusual they may be!

Musaranya is an advertising production company in Barcelona specialised in film, photo and CGI projects. Recent clients include Seat, Volkswagen, Jané, PlanetaDeAgostini, Danone and Nestlé.

Musaranya provides camera and extensive lighting equipment and a top-of-the-range private film and photo studio, suitable for every type of production. Features include 300 m² of workspace, a remote-controlled floating ceiling for light reflection specially design for car shoots, and a heating system for productions with models or kids.

Comfortable production spaces include meeting rooms, a woodshop service for in-house set-building, fully equipped and recently re-styled kitchen, make-up room, air conditioning, ample parking and direct access to the main entrance for all types of vehicle. The studio also provides light equipment and a wide range of rental accessories.

Extra facilities include an exterior swimming pool (measuring 5.90m x 5.40m and 2.40m deep) specially designed for aquatic shoots. While located in a sunny spot, there is a water heating system up to 27 ºC along with a dry moat for multiple camera positions.

FilmPlus Ibiza provides a full-circle production and equipment rental service, with a team of production/technical crew, in-house lighting, digital and video rental, and a fleet of production vehicles, enabling us to offer a budget-sensitive and seamless service.

The company's dedicated rental department provides the latest professional lighting, digital, video, styling and location equipment hire, with Ibiza-based staff available 24/7 for technical support from the office or on-set.

The crew range from line producers and location managers to DOPs, lighting assistants and runners - all of whom pride themselves on providing an efficient and hospitable service.

The company maintains a vast locations folder with both villa and varied landscape options, from white sand beaches to rustic farms, colourful beach bars, disused buildings and sleek modern villas.

Dora Joker is an art-buying and full service production company based in Barcelona. The company covers every aspect of shoot production from taking creative briefs right through to delivering the final art work.

Dora Joker aims to provide production management to its clients and collaborators with a smile and crystal clear communication. There are also exciting opportunities for new talent.

Based in Barcelona, Joan Cuní Producer provides production services for photo shoots around Spain (including the islands) to photographers, production companies, advertising agencies, photographers' agents, editorial productions and direct clients.

Whatever the brief, no matter the project size or budget, the company provides quality support with tailored and cost-effective solutions. Established 16 years ago, Joan Cuní Producer focuses on international clients and has become a reliable, committed and enthusiastic partner in what they do.

CUT - Close Up Team is a young full service photo and motion picture production company based on the sunny island of Mallorca, offering production services in Majorca, Ibiza, Barcelona, Valencia, Canaries. It is currently one of the fastest growing production companies in Spain.

During the first half of 2016 the team welcomed new clients such as Pionier with Alex Schwander, The European Commission with Kurt Stallaert, Dyneema by DSM, HappySize with Knut Woerner, and Pioneer with Tobias Plath as well as regular clients Otto, WittWeiden and Sheego.

Mallorca - and Spain in general - are perfect shooting destinations all year round, offering a great climate, direct flights from anywhere in Europe, and a wide variety of affordable locations.

CUT offers quality production and good vibrations, providing all possible production services including location and production management, location scouting and permits, lodging, equipment, castings, catering, props, local professional assistance for photo and film teams, styling, hair and make-up, and more.

This month sees the metamorphosis of U LA LA Productions into Picture Farm Europe with hubs in Barcelona, Madrid and London. After years of working with U LA LA Events and Productions throughout Europe, South America and China, Picture Farm solidifies its complete commercial shoot production service for both US clients working in Europe and vice versa. While focusing on print and video production, PF will also include creative offline post production capabilities out of the London office. James Stewart will be the Managing Director of the European operations and will be based between Spain and UK. “Attention to detail, good craftsmanship and pride in the work will still be our core traits.”

Picture Farm will be the eponymous choice for the photo and video side of the business and the events business will retain the nom de guerre, U LA LA Events which focuses on events and experiential projects.

BBDO New York commissioned Director Jason Marlow / Picture Farm, for this latest "below the line" campaign for Exxon Mobil – this was the first production under the new company. The content was first shot in the US with Nascar drivers and then in London with the two remarkable Formula 1 pilots Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button. PF Director Jason Marlow wanted to pastiche the fashionably retro look of racing films from the period by presenting the talent against what looked like a rear projected background. The short shoot window with the talent led director of photography James Medcraft to work with three cameras and the NY in-house post team edited the piece in record time for its launch.

Plugged Management is a photography production house based in Madrid, representing a pool of more than 20 talented award-winning photographers.

The agency offers some of the best image specialists across advertising, fashion, beauty and other categories. With more than 10 years' experience its team demonstrates a unique service and exclusive knowledge of any kind and size of project, from production to final retouching.

Recent projects include Unilever Japan and USA, P&G, Garnier and other international clients.

Camera-Studio is a one-stop rental studio and photo equipment rental service located in the heart of Madrid and also with a brand new office in Mallorca, on the Balearic Islands.

The 400 m² warehouse in Madrid is divided into two studios, each with unique characteristics, a client lounge with sound system, private parking and make-up areas for each studio. Helpful, experienced and English-speaking personnel are on hand to assist the entire process.

Its lighting equipment rental service has a complete inventory of photo and video equipment for in-house and on location productions. The studio is proud to be the leading rental house for Broncolor equipment in Spain as well as Profoto, Phase One, Mamiya, Hasselblad and Canon.

Barcelona Studios is Barcelona’s favourite fully equipped rental photo studio for international and local clients alike.

The company offers 2500m² of workspace divided into four studios, all of which have 5m ceiling height. Features include drive-in private parking for vans and trucks as well a fibre Wi-Fi, air conditioning and heating. The studios specialise in big productions and has three vans available for location along with all the equipment needed both in the studio and on location.

"Both the biggest and the youngest photographers love our studios! We are also an art gallery that supports the best graffiti artists in Barcelona."

Delight Rental Services (DRS) provides maximum support for professional photographers and their productions. The team offers the full range of equipment, from cameras to lighting gear, production vehicles to platforms, computers to steamers. "At DRS you will find everything to ensure a successful, professional shoot."

DRS branches can be found in Marbella, Berlin, Stuttgart and Zurich. The company also provides equipment worldwide.

The latest arrival is Canon’s new flagship EOS 1 DX Mark II. Hasselblad’s brand new X1D line up will follow mid-July.

Julia has been in the photography business for the past 25 years specialising in portrait and food photography. A Barcelona-based photographer, she is routinely commissioned to travel throughout Europe and abroad for on-location sessions.

Julia is the recipient of the LUX Gold and Silver Statues in the still life category. Her perspective is characterised by lighting and creativity, focusing on textures and the beautiful use of colour and its elements.

When Julia is not shooting photography for clients she is most likely to be found creating new works of art.

Jesus Cordero is an advertising, fashion and beauty photographer who has worked around the world for 12 years, living in Milan, Paris, LA and New York. His work has been published in magazines including Vogue Mexico and Latinoamerica, Elle Portugal, L'Officiel Greece and VanityFair Germany.

Jesus has worked for brands such as Gucci, LouisVuitton, Chanel and Armani and has shot celebrities including Adrien Brody, Eva Longoria, Gloria Estefan, Rafael Nadal and Carolina Herrera, as well as models Bar Refaeli, Camila Alves, Valentina Zelyaeva and Lindsey Wixson.

Bob Masters is a bilingual English photographer based in Barcelona where he works for both Spanish and international corporate, industrial and editorial clients shooting for annual reports, magazines, corporate hospitality, business portraiture and events and conferences.

He also shoots 360ºVR panoramas, both from the air with drones and on terra firma with manual and robotic heads. He has undertaken three major panoramic assignments for WestinHotels, QatarAirways and the Department of Culture of the Catalan Government.

Inspired by the light, the movement and the kaleidoscope that the city represents, Jakob Karte lives and works in Barcelona. The multi-award-winning German photographer/film-maker is influencing the fields of advertising, editorial and documentary photography and video through his unique visual approach to each project.

His work crosses people, music and fashion photography and film and has been commissioned by leading agencies, brands and magazines. His work has also been shown in various exhibitions around the globe.

In his leisure time, Jakob can be found working on free visual projects or gathering new inspirations in his favourite city, New York. He is represented by Unida Films in Barcelona.

Pèlach Alonso is a Barcelona-based photographer and videographer working across education, fashion and documentary. With Indian roots that have a big influence in his life, he has a special empathy for other cultures and people.

11 years of experience endorse the work of this Pamplona-born photographer, who likes to take the camera with him wherever he goes. With a huge passion for social and documentary photography, Pèlach's pictures stand out for their elegance, sensitivity and originality.

Recent clients include Inditex, GrupoPacífico and Halcón Viajes. He has been published in several magazines including Exclama, Neo2magazine, Aftermagazine as well as newspapers such as ElPeriódico.